Quilting-frame.



No. e3|,4|9. Patehted Aug. 22, '1399. w. H. cla'AwFom).

UUILTING FRAME.

(Application Bled .Tune 30, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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'wifrysss No. 63|,4n9. Patented Aug 22', |899.-

W.' H. BWFHD.

QUILTING FRAME.

(Application led June 80, 1897.)

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QUILTINc-FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 631,419, dated August 22, 1899.

Application led Tune 30,1897. Serial No. 642,936. l(No modem To a/ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that LWILLIAM' H. CRAWFORD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Weatherford, in the county of Parker and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Quilting-Frame, of which the following is a specification.

. This linvention provides a quilting-frame possessing advantages over the one disclosed in Patent No. 579,472, granted to me March 23, 1897. The quilting-frame constructed as set forth in my previous patent has the upper longitudinal bar of the stand secured'to the nprights by the wire or rod supporting the spools, and when dismembering the structure for storing, transporting, or other required purpose it is necessary to remove the spoolsupporting rod or wire from the longitudinal bar, thereby adding to the time required for assembling the parts and taking them apart. The patented device is devoid of means for limiting the movement of thequilting-frame, and the locking-pins are depended upon solely for holding the frame in the required position.

The purpose of the present invention is to simplify the construction, render the parts more compact, and facilitate the dismembering and assembling of the parts when setting up the structure for use afterhaving been reduced to a knockdown condition. The details for attaining the objects will appear more fully fromthe following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which corresponding parts are designated by the same reference characters.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the quilting-frame as it will appear when in service. Fig. 2 is a transverse section showingthe relation ofthe parts when the quilting-frame is turned into a horizontal position. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the quilting-frame folded. Fig. 4 is a detail section on the line X X of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the upper longitudinal bar.

The stand for supporting the quilting-frame is of rectangular form and constructed with a view to being taken' apart forstoring in a comparatively small space and, as shown, is

ends notched and their lower ends mortised,

a lower longitudinal bar 8, having its ends formed with tenons and inserted through thev mortises in the lower ends ofthe uprights and receiving keys by means of which the parts are held together, and an upper longitudinal bar 4, having its sides notched to fit into the notched extremities of the uprights 1. The upper longitudinal bar 4 has a series of eyes 5 at its lower edge, whichy receive and support a rod or wire 6, upon which are placed the spools 7 containing the thread or cotton used in quilting. A series of hooks 8 are provided on the front side of the bar 4 to receive scissors or other articles which 'it may bedesired to have within convenient reach, to the end that the quilting may be performed in less time than if the operator were compelled r ratchet-and-pawl connections for holdingthem in the required position, the rear roller having a ratchet and pawl at each end and the front roller having a ratchet and pawl at one end only, whereby it may be released by one operator without requiring the shifting from one end of the frame to the other. Shelves 12 are secured to the end bars 9 to one side 'of their center and support lamps which shed their lightl upon the' goods and enable the quilting to be accomplished at night. 'Blocks 13 are interposed between the end bars Q'and the uprights 1 and are secured to the latter and prevent the rubbing of the end bars against the uprghts when turning the quilting-frame to and from a horizontal position. Pins 14 are applied to the upper rear corners of the blocks 13 and engage with the top edge of the end bars 9 and limit the movement of the quilting-frame when turned from a vertical to a horizontal position and prevent the lamps from upsetting when in position upon the shelves should the locking pins l5 be withdrawn or not placed in position. As the pins 14 and the brackets 12,1espectively, are in the same horizontal plane, each pin is spaced away from the adjacent edgey of the bracket In order that the stand mayl to permit of the latter passing by the pin during the folding movement of the frame. The quilting-frame is limited when turned from a horizontal to a vertical position by the end bars engaging with the upper longitudinal bar 4. The locking-pins 15 are passed through registering openings in the blocks l and end bars 9 and serve to secure the quilting-frame in either a horizontal or a vertical position. The openings in the end bars are arranged below the pivot-point thereof and at points equidistant therefrom, so as to register with the opening in the block-one when the frame is in use and the other when the frame is swung into a vertical position and not in use.

The structure can be quickly reduced to a knockdown conditionA by slipping the upper longitudinal bar from the notched ends of the uprights l and removing the keys from the tenoned ends of the lower longitudinal bar, after which the uprights may be disconnected from the lower longitudinal bar and the dismemhered parts packed in a small compass, as will readily suggest itself.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. The combination with astand comprising uprights detachably connected by upper and lower horizontal bars, of a quilting-frame pivoted upon a central line to the uprights in advance of a vertical plane touching the front side of the upper horizontal bar and limited when folded to a vertical position by direct contact with said upper horizontal bar, and

stop-pins applied to the inner sides of the' uprights in the rear of said vertical plane and at a higher level than the pivot-supports of the quilting-frame to engage with the top edge of the end frame-bars and limit the movement of the frame when turned from a vertical to a horizontal position, substantially as described.

2. A stand comprising uprights detachably connected by upper and lower horizontal bars, the upper horizontal bar having a rod and hooks or the like applied thereto for supporting spools, scissors and kindred articles, and blocks secured to the inner faces of the uprights, in combination with a quilting-frame pivoted at its ends to the blocks in advance of a vertical plane touching the front side of the upper horizontal bar and limited when folded to a vertical position by direct contact with said upper horizontal bar, and stop-pins applied to the upper rear corners of the blocks in a higher plane than the pivot-supports ot the quilting-frame to engage with the top edge of its end hars and limit the movement of the frame when turned into a horizontal position, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM ll. CRA\V FORD.

lVitnesses:

ALF. IBY, CLAUDE S'rnvENsoN. 

